REPORT OP COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XLIX 



road. The shad were met at Bangor by Mr. E. M. Stillwell, aud a part 

 were deposited iu the Kenuebec and part in the Mattawamkeag liivers. 

 On the 24th of June there were placed on board the car at the Wash- 

 ington navy-yard 1,140,000 shad, which were taken to Dubuque, Iowa, 

 and deposited in the Mississippi River. The distribution to other States 

 was by the ohl method of placing the fish in cans to be transferred iu 

 the baggage cars of passenger trains under the care of messengers. 



Avoca Station. — Dr. Cajjehart having offered to furnish eggs from 

 the spawning shad at his fishery, the Fisli Hawk, was ordered, in April, 

 to proceed, with suitable hatching apparatus on board, to Capehart 

 Wharf, on Salmon Creek, North Carolina. The first eggs (66,000 in 

 number) were obtained April 12, but were lost in handling. Eggs were 

 taken nearly every day from that time to April 30, or 5,727,000 in all. 

 From these 1,328,000 fry were hatched and released in local waters on 

 April 20 aud 30. Some eggs were also transferred to the North Caro- 

 lina commissioner, Mr. S. G. Worth, for hatching and deposit in other 

 l)arts of the State. The season having advanced sufficiently for work 

 farther north, the Fish Hawk was ordered on May 2 to proceed to Havre 

 de Grace. 



Potomac River Barges. — Simultaneously with that in North Carolina, 

 work was begun the middle of April at Gunston's, on the Potomac Eiver, 

 Col. M. McDonald iu charge. The first eggs (125,000 iu number) were 

 taken on the 20th of April, and continued to be taken in increasing 

 quantities, the maximum being reached on May 18, at which date 

 4,870,000 were secured. Over three millions were gathered May 7 and 

 also May 24. The last were taken May 29. These eggs were hatched 

 out with some loss, but supplied a deposit of 26,515,000 fish in the 

 Potomac River, and about six millions sent to other waters. The work 

 closed May 30, at which time Colonel McDonald was transferred to the 

 charge of the navy-yard station at Washington. 



Washington Navy- Yard Station. — This station was opened May 4 with 

 Frank L. Donnelly iu charge, eggs being brought to it from various 

 fishing shores on the river. The first fish were hatched May 10, and 

 85,000 were transferred to Cumberland, Md., for deposit in the upper 

 waters of the Potomac. From this station instalments of from 100,000 

 to 200,000 each were sent to Delaware, South Carolina, Maryland, Ohio, 

 and Kentucky. By June 2d, 3,280,000 fry had been produced, at which 

 date the station was turned over to Colonel McDonald. Between June 

 2d and June 25th, 3,840,000 eggs were received from the gill-netters of the 

 Potomac, which yielded 3,800,000 frj'. Colonel McDonald imjiroved the 

 opportunity to experiment in the transportation of eggs upon trays 

 covered with moistened flannel, and reached some very satisfactory re- 

 sults. He succeeded in carrying the eggs forward almost to the point 

 of hatching, while stratified in layers. 



The Potomac shad work was completed July 1, and Launch No. 55, 

 S. Mis. 110 IV 



